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April 14, 2020
The Brookings City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 6:00
PM, at City Hall with the following City Council members present: Mayor Keith Corbett
and Council Members Holly Tilton Byrne, Nick Wendell, Patty Bacon, Dan Hansen,
Leah Brink, and Ope Niemeyer. City Attorney Steve Britzman, City Manager Paul
Briseno, and City Clerk Bonnie Foster were also present.
6:00 PM SPECIAL MEETING
Agenda: A motion was made by Council Member Wendell, seconded by Council
Member Bacon, to approve the Agenda. The motion carried by the following
vote: Yes: 7 - Corbett, Niemeyer, Hansen, Brink, Bacon, Wendell, and Tilton Byrne.
FIRST READING — Ordinance 20-006. A motion was made by Council Member
Niemeyer, seconded by Council Member Wendell, to approve the first reading of
Ordinance 20-006, an Emergency Ordinance to Stay -at -Home for All within the City of
Brookings to Limit the Spread of 60VID-19 in the City of Brookings; and Other
Restrictions within the City of Brookings, South Dakota; Declaring an Emergency,
Providing for an Effective Date and a Time for Termination. Public Comment: Rebecca
Barber, Darilyn Odegaard, Shelly Anderson, Amy Nemitz, Jerry Visser, Lilly Estling,
Howard Wey, Doug Smith, Brock Tidstrom, Teresa Binkley, Natalie Thiex, Michael
Cook, Amy VandeWeerd, Jessica Rose, Adam Hoppe, Mary Beth Fishback, Nick
Schmeichel, Bryon Curtis, Darrick Wika, Kevin Grunewaldt, Josh Barber, Bradley
Walker, Isaiah Crevier, Ryan Beesley, and Elizabeth Wika. The motion carried by the
following vote: Yes: 7 - Corbett, Niemeyer, Hansen, Brink, Bacon, Wendell, and Tilton
Byrne.
A motion was made by Council Member Bacon, seconded by Council Member
Niemeyer, to table the second reading of Ordinance 20-006, an Emergency Ordinance
to Stay -at -Home for All within the City of Brookings to Limit the Spread of COVID-1 9 in
the City of Brookings; and Other Restrictions within the City of Brookings, South Dakota;
Declaring an Emergency, Providing for an Effective Date and a Time for Termination.
The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Corbett, Niemeyer, Hansen, Brink,
Bacon, Wendell, and Tilton Byrne.
City Council Member Introduction of Topics for Future Discussion. A motion was
made by Council Member Hansen, seconded by Council Member Bacon, for the City
Council to consider adding the Arts Council Director position as a regular city employee
position. City Council discussion to be held at the April 28, 2020 City Council Meeting.
The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Corbett, Niemeyer, Hansen, Brink,
Bacon, Wendell, and Tilton Byrne.
Adiourn. A motion was made by Council Member Wendell, seconded by Council
Member Bacon, that this meeting be adjourned at 8:02 p.m. The motion carried by a
unanimous vote.
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